Building on the solid groundwork of the past five years, Purley BID plans to deliver ambitious projects covering three key themes for its second term. Reflecting how the world is changing, we’ve refined our focus to ensure maximum support for the town and Purley business.
Being able to access the town centre and know you are safe are crucial to the future success of the area and Purley as a destination.
On top of the current initiatives and close working relationship with the Police, Purley BID will deliver a Business Crime Reduction Partnership, where businesses can share and receive security information as well as providing extra daily security patrols across the town.
Plan for a Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) that will provide more power to the Police, Safer Neighbourhood Team and security patrols to deal with anti-social behaviour and to create a no drinking zone in the district centre.
Purley BID’s track record on lobbying for business is currently 100%. We will continue to represent your business interests with a strong voice, locally, regionally and nationally. With the current reduction in the business rates coming to an end in 2021, the BID will work to lobby the council, Valuation Office Agency (VOA) and government that a fair and measured rating solution is put in place for Purley.
For a second term, we will continue to support businesses in these changing times including council and GLA representation – giving Purley a voice, digital marketing training, promotion, issue resolution and improved business environment.
High Streets across the UK are changing, and COVID-19 has significantly sped this up. The internet has had a huge impact on the way we live our lives, an increasing population and more people working from home are all affecting the way we use our local business district.
Purley BID will help plan for the future. We will focus on making Purley a go to destination.
We realise that visitors will generally need to have an experience when they visit a town centre as many transactional purchases can be done online.
We will make Purley a destination that is the envy of the local business district and be a focus for new businesses to invest in.
This will be achieved by events (where safe), making the place cleaner, greener and safer through great promotional campaigns and business support into the digital age.